Hint
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Answer
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A – Swedish pop group whose music was adapted into the musical “Mamma Mia!”
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ABBA
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B – a superhero, or a city and a river in Turkey
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Batman
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C – country known as Zhōngguó (meaning Middle or Central State) to its own people
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China
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D – method of scoring in basketball by putting the ball directly in the basket
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Dunk
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E – German-Swiss-American physicist who transferred his Nobel Prize fund to his ex-wife and whose name became synonymous with "genius"
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Albert Einstein
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F – John Green’s novel “The ___ in Our Stars” about a 16-year-old with cancer, or a fracture that involves displacement
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Fault
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G – Dutchman who painted “The Night Café” and “The Starry Night”
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Vincent van Gogh
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H – animal whose head might turn up in your bed if you’d refused the Godfather’s previous offers
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Horse
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I – if you travelled from Dhaka to Karachi, you’d pass through this country
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India
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J – to make a sudden uncontrolled movement, or a person with obnoxious qualities and behaviour
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Jerk
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K – father of Michael Douglas, or a Scottish word meaning "church" (or just think Star Trek)
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Kirk
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L – large area in Finland where the number of people and reindeer is about the same and where Santa really lives
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Lapland
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M – first name of swimmer Phelps, or an archangel
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Michael
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N – no ___ is good ___, or American rock band Huey Lewis and the ___
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News
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O – a state of connectivity; a word that nowadays often precedes banking, dating or shopping
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Online
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P – occupation of Nintendo’s brothers Mario and Luigi
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Plumber
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Q – a don who rode Rosinante, accompanied by his squire Sancho Panza
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Quixote
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R – Justin Timberlake hit “Cry Me a ___”, or Amur (but not the leopard)
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River
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S – vast, cold, dry grass-plain, pronounced in the same way as something that many modern people try to hit 10,000 a day
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Steppe
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T – number of Earths that would fit between Earth and Moon
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Thirty
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U – nasty Hogwarts teacher Dolores, whose name includes the world's most popular card game among seniors
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Umbridge
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V – small city founded by the Gauls, site of the longest-lasting battle of WWI
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Verdun
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W – a U.K. football club from Sheffield, or something named after the Norse god Odin or the Roman god Mercury
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Wednesday
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X – American corporation selling print and digital document products in more than 150 countries
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Xerox
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Y – drama television series “The ___ Pope” with Jude Law
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Young
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Z – a nesosilicate mineral and gemstone; one of the heaviest gems
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Zircon
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